Title devised by cataloger.

Imprint derived from colophon ([35]₁ recto): Impressum per Antonium Miscominum Florentiae anno salutis M.CCCCLXXXII Nonis augusti.

Commentary by Christophorus Landinus.

Proemium dedicated to Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino.

Signatures: [1⁶ 2-24⁸ 25-34⁸ 35²] (all leaves unsigned)

Chancery folio; 3 columnes in table of words, 2 columns in errata, text otherwise surrounded by commentary, [1]₄ (i.e. fol. III) recto: 45 lines plus headline, 177 (187) x 129 mm; types: 112R, 79R, 79Gk; initial spaces, most with guide letters; leaves 7-270 numbered I-CCLXIIII (first two leaves of main text foliated in upper margins, thereafter foliated in lower right margins).

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, 637

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 13458

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H447

Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00447000

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.6 FOLIO imperfect: [35]₂ (final errata leaf) wanting. Added title page, apparently inserted from another edition. Some leaves with early/contemporary ink foliation in upper margins. Otherwise foliated in modern pencil, counting the inserted leaf. Leaf dimensions: 270 x 192 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.6 FOLIO with bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund. Dealer's codes, etc., at front. Modern (Italian?) inscription on front flyleaf. Inscription on [1]₁ recto, possibly of the Augustinian hermits at Viterbo: "... Conuentus [...] Trinitatis Viterbij." Inscription on [1]₂ recto, possibly of the Cistercian monastery of San Salvatore a Settimo, in Florence: "Est mon[aster]ij Septimi Cister[cen]sis or[din]is [...] Florentine diocesis." BPL embossed stamp, and large round ink stamp (unidentified) on same page. Early marginalia throughout. Purchased in February, 1901.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.6 FOLIO modern quarter calfskin and wooden boards. Clasps and catches.

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